The Botanist Who Fell for Her Doctor: Florence Meier Chase’s Legacy

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This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 22, 1902 It was on this day that the remarkable botanist Florence Meier Chase graced our world with her arrival—a woman whose life would prove as fascinating as the botanical specimens she…

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May 22, 2019 A Gardener’s Bedtime Ritual, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Florence Meier Chase, Victor Hugo, Gardentopia, Jan Johnsen, Living Mulch, and the death of Conan Doyle

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Monologue Here’s a gardener’s bedtime ritual for this time of year: Use sandpaper or a nail file to nick the nasturtium seeds before you soak them overnight;…

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